Local films shine at FCVQ
Sunday night was the last night of the Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec (FCVQ) and, according to tradition, the prize-winning productions were being screened one last time. …
Total eclipse of the full and supermoon
Sunday night’s combination of a full moon which also happens to be a supermoon (when the orb is closest to the Earth), and a total eclipse of the moon, is …
Drawn to Quebec: A pumpkin by many other names
While the virtues of pumpkin pie maybe hotly contested in Quebec, the plant’s common name is not. The pumpkin derives its name from the Middle French pompon. According to etymologyonline.com, …
Quebec has a new Lieutenant Governor
On July 21, 2015, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the appointment of J. Michel Doyon as 29th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. Doyon’s official swearing-in ceremony took place on Thursday, September …
Bears of Legend at the Grange du Presbytère
Bears of Legend, a group of seven musicians from Shawinigan, will shake the walls when opening the 2015-2016 season of the Grange du Presbytère à Stoneham (119, 1re Avenue, Stoneham) …
Letter to the Editor: Random Acts of Kindness
Letter to the Editor Random acts of kindness My husband and I are on a cross-Canada tour and when we arrived in Lévis on our way to the KOA RV …
Another successful Fall Fest
Voice of English-speaking Quebec (VEQ) held its sixth annual Fall Fest on Saturday, September 19, at St. Vincent’s School, where community groups and businesses offered information and displayed their wares …
Jeffery Hale Friends play golf and dine to raise $25,000
Mother Nature smiled on the Jeffery Hale Friends’ Foundation golf tournament with simply perfect weather on September 11. The wonderful day of golf was followed by a great evening meal …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1865 The Morning Chronicle Grant street, St. Roch’s, was, yesterday afternoon, the scene of a boiler explosion which took place about one o’clock at the new planing-mill* of Mr. Alfred …
Paul Nichols rides across Canada for veterans
On September 17, the students of Dollard-des-Ormeaux School near CFB Valcartier had the honour of meeting Paul Nichols. A veteran, Nichols was a master corporal with the Calgary Highlanders and …